I'm 50 and I've been taking Celexa for 20 years. It just doesn't work for me anymore. I had a total hysterectomy in 2012 and was on estradiol until weaning off about 2 months ago at my doctor's instruction. My mom died suddenly October 4, probably am embolism. Our relationship was strained. The good news is, I have a great support system in my husband and his mom, friends, and a therapist I started seeing several weeks before mom died. It's funny, I started going to my therapist for help with dealing with my anxiety about my aging parents and their refusal to move into a safer living situation. Turns out it was wonderful timing to have that established relationship with her when mom died.
It's just been a lot. My therapist suggested a different medication might be a catalyst ...So here I go.
It's so scary, because while I'm sad, anxious, frequently irritable, sleeping too much, and all the rest, at least it's familiar ground. But I'm tired of feeling sad, overwhelmed, and wanting to avoid people. I'm dealing with chronic pain from some orthopedic issues in my arms as well, and that keeps me from driving much, traveling for my self-employment work, doing a lot on the computer, gardening, photography and art -- all those things that make me feel well-rounded and spark something in me.
So the switch...
My family doc is having me halve my Celexa dose daily for a week, then take that half dose every other day for a week, then start on the Prozac.
I don't know what to expect. It's just so darn scary.